ECHOES OPINIONS MEME

[struckout]

We all love smashing our characters in the face with Echoes, right? And yet, rarely do we have the opportunity to ramble about what they actually think about them and/or just what the hell they assume is really going on...!

RIGHT HERE IS THAT CHANCE. Fill out the below for each of your dudez or ladiez, then comment around with your own thoughts or offers to help with future plans or whatever. Hell, post ICly too, if you want! 8Db

<b>Character:</b> <b>How long they've been in game:</b> (You can look here, https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhDrr8jx2yi0dHhFMDZVOEN5aEtpMzlMdHdfUE5pWWc#gid=0, if you don't remember off the top of your head.) <b>When or how long ago their first Echo was:</b> (May or may not be different than the above, to varying degrees of drasticness.) <b>How many total they've received so far:</b> (You can link to your info post too, if you'd like.) <b>What do they think of their Echos?:</b> (Is there a certain pattern they've noticed? Do they think they're turning into a fire-breathing koala? What?) <b>And on other things?:</b> (Thunder Corp, what's going on in general, other reincarnates, etc.) <b>Any plans for them in the future?:</b> (Lay down any ideas or desires for further ruining your character's life, yo.)

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[amberhearted]

Character: Alexander Varista
How long they've been in game: Since mid-April! 126 days, wao.
When or how long ago their first Echo was: Between 4/14 and 4/21! His first Echo was tripped by rumors of the "werewolf" attacks in the Dead District paralleling him addressing rumors of a werewolf attack at a research center in his original game.
How many total they've received so far: Fifteen Echoes, evenly split between Mental and Physical with one Item.

What do they think of their Echos?: Alex suspected he was seeing himself as a vampire very early on due turning into a bat in one of his Mental Echoes. He called them visions because he wasn't sure what they were. The notion that they're 'memories' didn't really solidify for him until Catherine's reincarnate came into the picture, iirc. (I should keep better notes, oops.)

Early on, he was kind of curious to see what else he would get because some others were getting nifty powers and the like (Toushirou's sword skills and ice magic, for example), but now he's eating his words. :D)-\

He's more or less a functioning vampire now and resigned to the fact. He doesn't know what else comes with the package (aside from turning into a bat) and he isn't in a rush to find out. He really hopes nothing else as drastic as his heart stopping happens. He's not worried about losing his job, but if something came up that would compromise it, he also wouldn't be terribly surprised. REALLY BUMMED, THOUGH, and worried about his finances etc. That's not something I'm ready to deal with just yet, though.

He's got mixed feelings about that shared memory with Reilanin. On the one hand, FINALLY SOMEONE HE CAN SWAP NOTES WITH? But... she ate people... That, plus his own unwillingness to divulge his vampire-ness openly, is keeping him from actually discussing his memories with most others -- in detail, at least.

He's also got some mixed feelings about his wife's reincarnate dying, too. He was in love, it felt amazing, but he IS not in love?? He didn't know her at all? Uhhhh?? Though his sadness at her passing was acute, it's that disconnect between the memory of a feeling and the feeling itself that's kept him from getting super down. It lingers, but isn't at the forefront of his everyday life. (He continues to wear the ring on his ring finger, though.)

And on other things?: Alex is (finally!) ready to take a proactive, offensive stance against Thunder Corp/gardeners/THREAT. It was the giggle water singling them out in public + Candy's disappearance riding on the danger at the mines that's finally pushed him into the mindset that they need to fight back.

And to fight back, you need to know who to target.

So, information gathering is high on his list of things the number club ought to do ASAP before someone else is taken or before Thunder Corp/PD becomes more brazen in targeting them.

Any plans for them in the future?: Become more proactive with plot! Dig up information! Make bad choices! I was actually putting off Alex being ICly proactive in plot for as long as possible because I was burnt out from playing that in my previous game, but he wants to get involved now, so whoops.

I'm interested in developing his and Reilanin's friendship to see what other kind of Echoes they might get just by interacting with each other, which actually might not be much considering the difference in relationship they have here versus their original game, in which she was basically his monster mentor.

Aside from that, I'm going with the flow!

edit: oh yeah, I'd also like for him to get his ledger back in increments. I'm not sure if I want it to be all entries or just his own. (Probably just his own because that's easier for me.)